Saturday, May 4, 2019

WK7 Graphic Designer Review

I was browsing a selected Saul Bass who designed a lot of familiar graphics.

Saul Bass was born in 1920 and passed away in 1996.   He was an American graphic designer and an Academy Award winning filmmaker.  He began his Hollywood journey in the 40’s .  He designed print advertisements for movies such as: The Shining, Vertogo, Champion (1949), Death of a Salesman (1951).  He’s created some iconic logos.  He designed the Bell System, the AT&T logo, Continental airlines jet stream logo, Unite Airlines tulip logo, Boys and girls club (1978) Dixie (1969), Girls scouts (1972) and much more.  Bass when to a high school in the Bronx.  He attended the Arts students league in Manhattan part time.  In 1938 he married Ruth Cooper and had two children.   






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